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History · Pinal

Half of Pinal’s homes were built after 1985

Most of Pinal was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1985. Below: 5 old photos and papers and maps from 1945 on.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
5old photos & papers
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From Pinal’s archive · credits on each photo
The story so far

Pinal, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Pinal yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Pinal is a census-designated place (CDP) in Gila County, Arizona, United States. The population was 439 at the 2010 census. It shares the name of nearby Pinal County but is not located there.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 439 to 456 (+4%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

By decade

Pinal, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1880s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1880s4 items
Pinal 18801880Pinal 1880Pinal 18821882Pinal 1882Pinal 18851885Pinal 1885Celia ann mattie blaylock1888Celia ann mattie blaylock
1890s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Date unknown1 to date
Pinal year 1880Date?Pinal year 1880
Today2 recent
Superior-Pinal City-Wagon Wheel Tracks in stone-18972019Superior-Pinal City-Wagon Wheel Tracks in stone-1897Superior-Pinal City-Wagon Wheel Tracks in stone-1897-22019Superior-Pinal City-Wagon Wheel Tracks in stone-1897-2
On the map

Pinal on the map, 1945 to 2004

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Pinal. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Pinal on the 1945 USGS mapPinal on the 2004 USGS map1945Globe sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Pinal.

Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

Pinal 1880
Retake this viewPinal 1880, 1880

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Pinal’s page.

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Famous people

Famous people close to Pinal

Nobody well known was born in Pinal itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Jack ElamAmerican actor · b. 1920
Helen JacobsAmerican tennis player · b. 1908
Rose MoffordFirst woman Governor and the first woman Secret… · b. 1922
Ed PastorAmerican politician · b. 1943
Romana Acosta BañuelosTreasurer of the United States · b. 1925
Esteban Edward TorresAmerican politician · b. 1930
Places that used to be

Old corners

Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Alhambra Mobile Home Park

Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Help out

Start Pinal’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Pinal’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Date a photo1 archive item has no date. Guess the decade.+2Retake an old viewPinal 1880: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Globe12 historic placesA−

Questions about Pinal’s history

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (7), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.